Fun to see someone else "thumb purling." I've done it for years but recently thought I should try to learn to purl the "right way." I think I'll just keep doing what works for me. Thanks..
I'll give this a try. I'm left handed, and I knit continental, and I hate that exaggerated movement you have to do to purl with your index finger. Thanks for this!
I really really love this way of purling. I tried it and found it easy. It is challenging to alternate between knits and purls but I shall definitely try it on long purl rows.
I was taught by my Swedish to Combination Continental Knit. No thumb tensioning and no moving the left index finger up and down. On a good hand function day, I'm almost 64, I can purl faster than I knit. The purl stitch is the reverse of the knit. When my grandmother taught me to knit, it was with fingering weight yarn with 2.25 mm or 2.5 mm needles. Irina of Fiberchats has made some UA-cam shorts showing knit and purl stitches in the Combination Continental method. She is an incredible lace knitter who recently started designing.
I like this. The principle is much like Portugese purling. When I have to do a lot of purl stitches, I always do it the Portugese way, although I am an English knitter. I like the Portugese purling, but not so much the Portugese knitting as my knitting comes out very tight if I knit that style. Having to do ribbing, I usually just do it English style. I am definitely going to try what you show here, as it looks very easy and does not require a knitting pin. 🧶🧶👌👏
I have seen this once and it is efficient for a row of purl. I knit continental but not the Norwegian purl. I want to become proficient in the NP because the yarn is always in the back so ribbing,say, is faster. I’m in my seventies so I don’t think my thumb joint would be able to take constant use. All knitting is good knitting. Don’t let anyone tell you there is only one right way.
Hello, Continental purl stitches as we do it in Germany, Switzerland and Austria are not as difficult as you are demonstrating. We only whip with the left finger and purl around. Thus allowing quick purl stitches....
I've spent most of my life knitting English style but there are times when Continental has advantages over my particular version of English style. I'm now comfortable with knit stitches and I can do purl but it's very much start-stop-start-stop. The issue is the tension. The yarn is either flowing too freely through my left hand or stuck. (When doing knit stitches I find running the wool over the pointer and little fingers and under the middle and ring fingers seems to work for me.) If I loop the yarn around my little finger I can't get it to flow (although that is what I normally do with my right hand and English knitting) but if I don't loop around the little finger, I can't tension the stitch.
@@resourcedragon it depends on the yarn for me- with a more slippery yarn I loop it once around my pinky, with a more fuzzy yarn I often will just hold the yarn between my ring finger and pinky. It’s so interesting how each person tensions their yarn or holds their needles in different ways.
Interesting. I’ve never seen anyone do that. It makes sense if you’re doing a whole pearl row, but seems to add unnecessary movement when doing ribbing.
tried it. Find it hard to hold my work with the left hand with this technique. Tip for continental purling: my right thumb holds the loop on the needle when passing through the stitch.
@@ilsewatkins5357 that’s fun you tried it! I’m trying to improve my regular continental purl for certain situations when this method isn’t ideal- thanks for the tip!
Fun to see someone else "thumb purling." I've done it for years but recently thought I should try to learn to purl the "right way." I think I'll just keep doing what works for me. Thanks..
Agreed. Its how I purl also.
I'll give this a try. I'm left handed, and I knit continental, and I hate that exaggerated movement you have to do to purl with your index finger. Thanks for this!
I really really love this way of purling. I tried it and found it easy. It is challenging to alternate between knits and purls but I shall definitely try it on long purl rows.
I always purl this way. Glad You like it too. The normal approach makes my hand cramp.
I taught myself, with a history of crochet it was natural for me to do continental knitting and my thumb. 👍
@@trexpixx4590 I too was first a crocheter
Very nimble, thanks for showing!
Can’t wait to try this, I have never been able to master the continental purl stitch. Thank you!
I was taught by my Swedish to Combination Continental Knit. No thumb tensioning and no moving the left index finger up and down. On a good hand function day, I'm almost 64, I can purl faster than I knit. The purl stitch is the reverse of the knit. When my grandmother taught me to knit, it was with fingering weight yarn with 2.25 mm or 2.5 mm needles. Irina of Fiberchats has made some UA-cam shorts showing knit and purl stitches in the Combination Continental method. She is an incredible lace knitter who recently started designing.
I like this. The principle is much like Portugese purling. When I have to do a lot of purl stitches, I always do it the Portugese way, although I am an English knitter. I like the Portugese purling, but not so much the Portugese knitting as my knitting comes out very tight if I knit that style. Having to do ribbing, I usually just do it English style. I am definitely going to try what you show here, as it looks very easy and does not require a knitting pin. 🧶🧶👌👏
I've done this since I started knitting, onlookers are all confused, but it's the way I do it!
I love this! Want to be a better continental purler. Perhaps ribbing will be less painful. 🧶
I’m going to try that thank you!
I have seen this once and it is efficient for a row of purl. I knit continental but not the Norwegian purl. I want to become proficient in the NP because the yarn is always in the back so ribbing,say, is faster. I’m in my seventies so I don’t think my thumb joint would be able to take constant use. All knitting is good knitting. Don’t let anyone tell you there is only one right way.
I'll try that. I use my thumb the other way, but this will be less movement overall~❤
Hello, Continental purl stitches as we do it in Germany, Switzerland and Austria are not as difficult as you are demonstrating. We only whip with the left finger and purl around. Thus allowing quick purl stitches....
@@hannabuck1581 I will have to look for a demonstration of that technique and try it, thank you 🙂
I've spent most of my life knitting English style but there are times when Continental has advantages over my particular version of English style. I'm now comfortable with knit stitches and I can do purl but it's very much start-stop-start-stop. The issue is the tension. The yarn is either flowing too freely through my left hand or stuck. (When doing knit stitches I find running the wool over the pointer and little fingers and under the middle and ring fingers seems to work for me.) If I loop the yarn around my little finger I can't get it to flow (although that is what I normally do with my right hand and English knitting) but if I don't loop around the little finger, I can't tension the stitch.
@@resourcedragon it depends on the yarn for me- with a more slippery yarn I loop it once around my pinky, with a more fuzzy yarn I often will just hold the yarn between my ring finger and pinky. It’s so interesting how each person tensions their yarn or holds their needles in different ways.
Interesting. I’ve never seen anyone do that. It makes sense if you’re doing a whole pearl row, but seems to add unnecessary movement when doing ribbing.
That's how I purl.
I think the Portuguese pearl this way but tension the yarn around there neck and prefer pearl to plain.
tried it. Find it hard to hold my work with the left hand with this technique. Tip for continental purling: my right thumb holds the loop on the needle when passing through the stitch.
@@ilsewatkins5357 that’s fun you tried it! I’m trying to improve my regular continental purl for certain situations when this method isn’t ideal- thanks for the tip!